It was one of the first projects set up by Building Trust. It started with the need to help a group of displaced children get a new school and became an idea of creating educational buildings that could be dismantled and reused time and time again for refugee and migrant communities.

The school is located 40km's out of Mae Sot to the south. The area is on the border of Thailand and Burma and has a high number of migrants and refugees as a result of the turbulent history of Burma.

The design of the new classrooms will make use of the MOVING school design where modules are prefabricated off site by local skilled apprentices that work for Ironwood. The project acts as a tool to educate local people on sustainable building techniques providing experience in working off plans and on site skills which they can use and develop long after the project is complete. The project also involves corporate support from Bayer who provided UV resistant twinwall polycarbonate walls which allow light to fill the space whilst keeping it dry and free from insects. We used recycled, reclaimed timber on the project rather than buy freshly milled teak which does still illegally make it over the border. The completed project has the flexibility to be taken down and moved with the school if they are forced to move. If they move of their own free will back to Burma then the school buildings can travel with them kickstarting development and reducing the disruption to teaching.

The beauty of the project is its relevance to environment in all its dimensions. Rural communities both responded naturally, organically. This is essentially the management of personal and social comfort and security with available resources: beauty as a result of logical response. The conceptual approach to project is to respect environment and the traditions of the buildings in this geographic area.

The proposed building can be universally reproduced without strong changes: it marks clearly a switch in humankind responsibilities. Environment is again more than a part of the thinking: it is fundamental. In particular, the project explore the role of the bamboo and wood and the production of green energy in a equatorial climate.

The shape can be varied, by adapting the building to facilitate the socialization and safety according to the different conditions.

This building seeks to menage available resources responsibly: designed to be significantly prefabricated it optimizes natural materials.

System have been kept simple – direct and largely passive, The life of the building is interactive with the energy it demands.

The building system are deliberately modular, simple to assemble and disassemble. The environment is achieved through the exclusive use of natural materials and sustainable energy generated from the building itself.

The school spaces consist of two basic modules: one to make the linear walls the other to make curved walls. The spaces are obtained with the use of linear and curved modules distributed along a covered walkway; this connective area draws the shape of the school and make the building flexible for any type of terrain and environmental conditions. The interiors are both modular and changeable, users can select either an interior or combination Dependant upon taste, and the students can interact with the construction.

Interactive environmental technologies educate the occupants; water source and level of climatic comfort all combine to engage and educate; a building that interacts with climate place and people provides a stimulus beyond the day to day.

Users develop through pride, livability, comfort and degrees of sociability; sustainability is a balance managed by an educated user.

The classrooms and all other spaces that make up the school are positioned on a wooden floor raised from the ground, it allows to protect and insulate the interiors.

The vertical structure is made pf bamboo with a diameter of 100 mm, it is reinforced by an horizontal warping to complete the structural grid. The outer and inner walls are made of wood and woven bamboo panels; it can be opened to facilitate the ventilation of indoor spaces.

The cover is made of wood and bamboo and the corners are reinforced by the use of bamboo poles for the supporting and anchoring to the floor.

The space to contain an independent water tank, cleaning and electricity system is the technological heart of the building. It is located at the center of the building to make easier to connect it to the internal spaces.

The water pipe systems and electrical net are located under the wooden floor.